Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-15
GOLDEN GATE GOSSIP.


The simssphsre San Francisco is bath
ing In Soald be perfect, II IL vas not
for the pTsvslenee Of tiresome little
zsphyrs, which Iigt the dust and lodge
IL Ia ths nostxiIs and eyelids Of unof-
Tending citizens. There Il fortune 10
store for the inventor Of some effective
and Insxpsnsive process Of laying Ibs
dust Of great cities. The old wsteE cart
q Obsolete, and ouRht 70 be reisgated 10
TIE same family Of antiqa tiles 10 which
belong
TIE EYuHmo TKNNY AND TTRx DRILL or
QUE ANcKsTORs.
The use Of ineffective and absurd
water sprinklsFs Is an expensive perveF
version of municipal energy, which @
scientific exoursiveness should remedy.
Considering lie stzs aud Importance,
San Francisco Is the most iii-paved city
In The world, and much Of the inoT-
ganic matter 10 its atmosphere 10 the
direct resnlt Of defective paving. II u
true that q great deal Of d1st finds lie
way into the city from the environinR
SAID hills, bat much is the dried refuse
Of horses, which esnnot be elesnsed
from the surface OF the roadway be
eanss the latter presents no hush snF-
face. In London, where the composite
aad wood payemeuts prevail almost ex
slueively, the streets admit Of ready
cleansing, and the income derived from
the sale Of horse manure alone amounts
20
TWO MILLI0N DOLLARS AEEuALLT.
Cobble stones and granite cubes are
She favorits paving material for She
streets and highways Of San Francisco,
over which the cosmopolitan tFafic rat
ties With q. noise that IL distrsetinR. II
is 20 BE- feared that the subserraRean
sewers Of the city are for the most part
ehoked up and useiess, the Chr0Biele's
being the voice 81 one crying In the
wilderness warning the people Of the
insidious danger they are exposed 10.
The city fathers are at their wits ends
10 know where 20 damp the eity's Rarb.
aRe--some being In favor Of barning IL,
some Of dumping Il into the bay; the
present process Of disposiug Of 10
BEING oospRMsKD BY ALL.
farming 10 more savory matters, I
notice the erection OF many new build
ines, nearly all Of which are being
treated in the prevailing style Of free
stone and terra Gotta. To our unedu-
Gated eye they are fair and goodly 30
look upon, but they are conceived IN
the most hoFid and maretricioas style.
and must offend the tastes Of anyone
having any notions Of art. The new
Bancroft building presents so1e novel.
ties 10 the way Of undFessed stone col
umns and IL protest against
THE WEDDING CAKE oRDER or HEIcK AND
sTuoco.
This uncompietsd City Hall presents
most uncouth spectacle. which u hardly
relieved by the pretty fringe Of green
lawn which eneircles Il. I mast say q
oommendatoFy vord in favss OF the lit
tie public parks and plazas With walsh
this city abounds. o, What = relief IL is
10 leave the hot, dusty street aud repoae
oneself on one Of their benches. The
horticultural imagination does not run
riot In them, bat their green banks and
lawns are eminently pleasing 20 rest the
eyes on. The same remark applies with
still more force TO the trim and ex.
qdiaitely kept cemeteries, under whose
green bedolothes"
VIZ ausr ALI TAKE LODGINGS AT LAST.
Business IL fairly active in the city,
for ell there are many unemployed pes-
pie In II. and II is 30 be feared that the
latter undergo many privations and
miseriea which the general public have
no idea OF. The staples Of life are very
cheap In San Francisco. for on no other
hypothesis can be explained the profu-
sion OF her lunches and standing feasts,
with which even the tenth rate saloons
abound. A favorlte bivAlve, the latter
Naswa 80. -. Il. a A. ~
clam which levly she'll fish, preiudices
and traditions to the contrary, must
admit
~ PASSING roorHsOME.
The Fitch DeYoang case has been
concluded. the public opinion Of the
upshot being, that II IL clad one party
won. and glad that the other party lost.
Jimmy Hopes body IL being quar-
relied over as.if 10 we're the mummy OF
Ramsos. The only solution OF the
difficulty can see Is for the peceaul
burglar 10 be biseoted. Inspector ByFne |
20 keep half, and Chief Cr0wly the |
other.
Opponents to capital punishment
by stranRnlation will have their |
Arguments strengthened by the revolt
Ing scene which took place at the exc. 1
N&tAhG W ANAEANH NJ EhtEkh i
last week. The unfortunate wss II /
minutes In the throes Of death, and the
spectacle OF the SLOW stransl nR must 1
have been most demoreliKing 20 those |
who witnessed IT, Half an hour before
bis death be pATtook Of his last meal. /
which consisted Of half q boz Of sAr.
dimes, a lot Of hot biscuits, q dish Of 4
Subsidiaries and a pnstard. Evidently |
there was A case OF
ATTEMPTED oALIows CHEATING uEKE
The bakers aud butchers are on a
STRIFE, and San Francisco 10 threatened /
With being deprived 81 its loaf and ita /
lager. However. notice thai these Ia.
Dor troubles are generally compromised.
che public suffering little ineonvenieRce
from them.
John 5. Gray. the defaultiue Harbor
Commissioner, is at last free man "a /
JHFt and fs ficta. Some forty odd tn |
dietments which have been pending |
against him have been. al the instance /
sf Attorney Darwin, dismissed, aud the |
elephAntine emhs SGleF has rev lease |
Of life 20 look forward 20. Things |
around the water front are fairly lively. |
bot there IL = vast amount Of diseugaged |
tonnage, and already great difficulty Is |
experienced In Supplying the demand /
for deep water sailors. trip around |
the Horn ~ this time Of the wear is no
pleasure trip. and the harvest fisla With |
is bic wages offers Inducements which
Jack readily prefers 20 the
Ill FAIn FuR HARnsHus oT rag ocEAx.
The ~. PAal sailed Cor Alaska yesssr.
day With ak "sky pilOts" II the In
dams OF Russian America are as be
ntehted and snperstitious As represent
ed, these pioneer missionaries will have
promising held 30 NoEk ia. The util
ity Of trade unianis-s aud bavcsstine Is
well illustrated hy the natbreak 81
TKS cNNT BAAnEa sHors
Eight months ago the latter we're 10
orally starved into submitting - toe
higher prices Of the majority % their
brotherhood. New the uuioa has all
eose 30 pteccs, aud ten cent shars are
more numerous than ever they wcre.
There are Fanors thai the mech De
spised cent piece will shortly ~ eircu-
lated throughout the state. lss wAut i
felt. aud the disability she peer uas
lAsofs under To having 90 pay au en-
hsnced price Tor bis gooss teeSasr tie
gFocrFy man ~tAnat make chAnCe." 4